Tag Australia
Last heard from on 2015 album by French avant-garde band Verlies things have been a bit quiet from Australian artist extraordinaire Tim Yatras of late. It would appear that apart from occasional guest spots he is only really active with… Continue Reading →
Formed in 2010 in Canberra, Australia, The Levitation Hex cite themselves as a retro-inspired death and thrash metal band. Citing influences along the classic prog and psychedelic style sound but delivered with the more metallic edge of the 80’s onwards… Continue Reading →
The brand of occult black metal that Ill Omen excels at exists somewhere in the realms between Deathspell Omega dissonance, funeral doom and pure ritualistic noise. It’s the kind of album that’s probably going to click right into your listening… Continue Reading →
Pacifists turn away, the rest of you prepare to rev up the rusty chainsaws and go down under to Australia and enter the realm of vocalist / guitarist Kakorot and drummer Marcus Hellcunt. I won’t make cheap jibes about the… Continue Reading →
Dissvarth’s starry-eyed debut is the latest from Australia’s extreme metal creative force Dis Pater also known for Midnight Odyssey. In his other projects, Pater manages to blend his unique mix of black metal, funeral doom and keyboard-soaked ideas into boundless… Continue Reading →
Crikey, was it really 2009 since the last Destroyer 666 album? It seems much more recent than that, and yet here we are again with the fifth full length album from the Australian metal crew. The band relocated to Europe… Continue Reading →
Most Australian bands with a black touch that have corrupted my ears in the last decade or so have been utterly barbaric, a sonic nightmare realised within perpetual aural terror. Atra Vetosus is headed by Josh Young who also has… Continue Reading →
It was early 2015 when Aussie sleaze merchants Mammoth Mammoth let loose upon the earth their own personal tribute to the riff ‘Volume IV – Hammered Again’ (see Ave Noctum passim for review). Now, with a new year on the… Continue Reading →
After causing a splash with a 20-minute EP earlier this year, Australian musical extremists Ur Draugr have quickly followed up with a full-length release. Safe to say anyone who enjoyed having their brain cells put through that blackened death metal… Continue Reading →
Tarot (from Australia) have a collection of previously released songs on offer in the form of ‘The Warrior’s Spell’. Originally released by Heavy Chains records earlier this year, a vinyl release will follow from Van records. A lot of these… Continue Reading →
I don’t normally comment on band names as bands have to have some sort of tag, but Octanic suggests something energetic and high octane. That is what we get here from the Australian band. Listening to “Aeternus Imperium”, which opens… Continue Reading →
2015 has seen some fantastic Progressive Metal albums come out. With offerings from Jorn Lande, Anthropia, Iris Divine, Rendezvous Point, Symphony X and Queensrÿche all offering out new material, you could easily fill up a good portion of the end… Continue Reading →